Pondering what to do with all those old CDs stuffed in the back of your closet? If you're as talented as Australian artist <a href="http://seaneavery.com/" target="_blank">Sean Avery</a>, you could turn them into <a href="http://seanavery.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">incredibly intricate animal sculptures</a>. Avery, who is both a sculptor and an illustrator, takes old cds and shatters them to create these shimmering works of art. The CDs' naturally iridescent qualities make them a perfect medium for creating feathers and sleek and shiny fur.

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Detail of Humming Bird.

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Otter.

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Rat.

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Blue Wren Series.

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Bear.

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Peregrine Falcon.

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The Hanging Gardens.

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Flowers.

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Ant.

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The Enormous Purple Bird.

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Fleeple Male

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Spoonbill.

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Kookaburra.

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Pondering what to do with all those old CDs stuffed in the back of your closet? If you're as talented as Australian artist Sean Avery, you could turn them into incredibly intricate animal sculptures. Avery, who is both a sculptor and an illustrator, takes old cds and shatters them to create these shimmering works of art. The CDs' naturally iridescent qualities make them a perfect medium for creating feathers and sleek and shiny fur.